Shelley and the GSD Underground Railway - Page 3

Mystere,

Re my club one problem- No Sch club no GSDCA breed club - nada. Most are 2- 5 hours away from me. Back when gas was cheap and plentiful, I used to drive 150 or 225 miles one way for helper work. So no I unfortunately have nothing planned. And I have not been able to send any money to Shelley either being long term unemployed myself and struggling. What I have done is to offer what skills I have. I have suggested a way she can earn her way across country and you guys might be able to help on several levels beyond the great good you were already doing. I  PM'd her with a list of resources available to her (having been a ref librarian in one former life) and how to access them some of which she had not thought of or did not know about. I have  suggested a club she can contact because I know they bring in guest trainers on a regular basis. I have offered to help furnish her house when she gets here.

Also by the time Shelley would get to me (in the middle of the great Central Valley) she's almost within hailing distance of her promised land (tho how anyone can consider it such with routine temps of 110 degrees is just beyond this easterner) and I will of course make sure she has the wherewithal to get there and have invited her to join me for dinner. So no, not much :( but we do what we can do and we hope each bit makes a difference. 

I hope the fact that I have no club to utilize will not stop anyone else from trying not only to help Shelley but benefiting their club with a great guest speaker, seminar, clinic or expert private training.

Shelley don't give up hope. He may have just moved stuff to storage, the basement, kennel etc so you will think it's all gone. He might have even done it at the suggestion of his lawyer to "safeguard" it tho it sounds like he would be too dumb to get that. Good advice above tho, focus on the future which WILL be bright and beautiful. Every morning and every evening, say a small prayer and thank God for each of the five lives with you and their individual uniqueness and what they bring to your life. It's a good reminder of what's important and the gifts that you have been given. I also have another favorite short prayer - I thank God for the blessings, gifts and miracles he gives me - those I see and especially the ones I don't. 

The one thing I know with a certainty is that in the end, you will have a new life that is much much better than the old and you will be safe and your dogs will be safe. Head for that horizen and forget about the rear view mirror.

What kind of message do you have on your cell?  I hope it's something like, "Hi, this is Shelley, on the adventure of a lifetime.  If you are a friend leave me a message and I'll get back to you.  If you have doubts about my feelings for you, well, I don't have any feelings for you so you can hang up now because I don't give a rat's a** if I ever hear your voice again."